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Chamaedorea "sticky pollen" species

chris.oz · 2019-11-21T00:13:41+0000

Back in the day, I learned that some Chamaedorea had "dry" pollen ( you know, when you shake a male inflorescence in anthesis and powdered pollen wafts around.) but some have "sticky" pollen. So, the pollination method must be different. 1. Can anyone describe the method(s) used to pollinate the sticky pollen species and 2. Can anyone list the species in this subgroup? I think it might be the subgroup with bifid leaves, ernesti-augustii, metallica, geonomiformis, but there might be others? Info in the internet in general is sparse.